Characterisation of atypical enteropathogenic <it>E. coli </it>strains of clinical origin

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Enteropathogenic <it>E. coli </it>(EPEC) is a prominent cause of diarrhoea, and is characterised in part by its carriage of a pathogenicity island: the locus for enterocyte effacement (LEE). EPEC is divided into two subty...

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Main Authors: Tennant Sharon M, Tauschek Marija, Azzopardi Kristy, Bigham Andrea, Bennett-Wood Vicki, Hartland Elizabeth L, Qi Weihong, Whittam Thomas S, Robins-Browne Roy M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-06-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/9/117